Statistical Circuit Design: Confirmation of Design Using Computer-Controlled Test Sets
G. D. Haynie, Shengrong Yang · Bell System Technical Journal · 1971
The ability to evaluate the performance of linear network elements used in complex systems is vital to effective optimization and verification of the system design. Measuring systems controlled by digital computers provide a new capability for linking the steps of network design, breadboard development and characterization, and factory test in such a way that the networks produced will more nearly meet the requirements of the systems in which they are used. This linkage is effected by incorporating in the measuring system the algorithms relating the measured quantities to the system performance parameters used during the design stage. Output of the system performance parameters in real time provides a powerful aid for debugging development models and a more valid basis for accepting or rejecting product in factory tests. Statistical analysis is used as an aid in setting test limits by evaluating the relationships between component tolerances, measurement errors and the calculated system performance parameter.